Thursday, August 26, 2010

Blogger Rox Fontaine reports that Roosevelt Island's Lighthouse Park was the place to be last Friday for a special night of Hip Hop. From Rox Fontaine:

... The music was blasting from the lone PA speaker and everyone was having a great time. Apparently, it was too loud for tiny Roosevelt Island's Public Safety and they barged in to tell the hosts to turn it down. The squad of about 6 officers hovered around for about 10 minutes and then walked off into the night. Of course, the music made it's way back up shortly thereafter and Public Safety was back again. This time in two vehicles. They made it clear that if the music didn't stay off, the party would be shut down.

People huffed and puffed for a short while about the lack of music and then something special happened.

*Clap* *Clap* *Clap* *Clap*...NO MUSIC!

It started with two or three people and within seconds it grew to about 30 people. The chant continued and a group gathered. The "cypher" was officially opened and the MCs began to take control of the party. This is Hip-Hop!...

I was coming home from work the other night (friday around 3 am) and as I was parking my car in the garage I saw a public safety suv being driven by who I guess was an officer, but they did not have a uniform on. The undercover act wasn't that convincing.

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